DANCING WITH GOD
How You Can Make Exercise a Playful Adventure of Body and Soul!
by Del Millers, Ph.D.
(Exerpt)
"What once seemed work,
now can be a kind of play...recreation...
a joyous participation in the unfoldment
of life and form."
Ram Dass & Paul Gorman, How Can I Help
"I love exercise.
I could watch it all day."
Bill Russell
one of the questions
i get asked frequently is
'i want to exercise but
how do i find the motivation
to get started?'
answer: you don't find motivation
it isn't going to come to you
you have to go to it
so put on your dancing shoes
get up off that seat
and
move your body
motivation is waiting for you
on the other side of resistance
now what are we to do
when the inevitable
weight of resistance
slows us down
leaving us drained
and unmotivated?
don't despair
give resistance its due
recognize it
own the feelings
don't let them stop you
but acknowledge them
where in your body
does resistance show up?
play with it
give it a voice
speak what you feel
maybe your legs don't feel
like moving right now
they'd rather be
plopped on the couch
watching
somebody else exercise
or maybe
you feel as heavy
as an elephant
"Fun has a sacred dimension"
Adriana Diaz
next, allow yourself
to be expressive
and in the moment
with what you feel
walk the way
you feel right now
run the way
you feel right now
think about it
how would you walk
if your legs weighed
a thousand pounds?
how would you run
if you were the size of dumbo?
when you're finally
in the total expression
of how you feel
exaggerate it
maybe you're a woman
maybe it's that time of month...
you're feeling fat and bloated
exaggerate the feelings
act them out
if you your stomach was
one hundred times normal
how would you
walk
run
climb the stairmaster
lift weights?
don't hide your feelings
express them
let them serve you
get in deep touch
with how you feel
right now
and in a matter of minutes
you'll move
beyond resistance
into
joyful participation
after all
who wants to
hang around
Misery
when
Divine
is available?
•The StairMaster Blues
I'm tired, I'm bored
I'm sticky, I'm sweaty
This is way too hard
Enough already
This sucks, this hurts
I truly hate pain
I look so stupid
This is really insane
I don't want to do this today
Why me?, I've been doing OK
Why am I doing this anyway?
No matter what they try to say
This doesn't feel at all like play
Why am I doing this anyway?
I've been on this thing
Forever again
What time is it now
Never never again!
My feeble mind's on holiday
My butt is tired, my feet are clay
Why am I doing this anyway?
It's only ten minutes?
This is all a bad dream
Get me off of here
I'm about to scream!
I'm About To Scream!!
I'm about to Scream!!!
